{{Short description|Indian judge (born 1952)}} {{Multiple issues| {{Cleanup rewrite|date=May 2023}} {{BLP sources|date=May 2023}} }} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2019}} {{Use Indian English|date=February 2019}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Pinaki Chandra Ghosh | image = Pinaki Chandra Ghosh.png | alt = | caption = | order = | term_end = | successor = | office1 = Chairperson of Lokpal of India | term_start1 = 23 March 2019 | term_end1 = 27 May 2022 | nominator1 = Statutory High-Level Selection Panel (committee) or Body | appointer1 = Ram Nath Kovind | predecessor1 = ''Position established'' | successor1 = Pradip Kumar Mohanty | office2 = Judge of the Supreme Court of India | term_start2 = 8 March 2013 | term_end2 = 27 May 2017 | nominator2 = Altamas Kabir | appointer2 = Pranab Mukherjee | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1952|05|28}} | birth_place = Kolkata, West Bengal, India | death_date = | death_place = | alma_mater = St. Xavier's College, Kolkata<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/panneerselvam-vs-sasikala-v-k-sasikala-v-k-sasikala-da-case-supreme-court-960696-2017-02-14|title = Meet the two Supreme Court judges from Bengal who sent Sasikala to jail}}</ref><br/>Department of Law, University of Calcutta | education = Ramakrishna Mission Vidyapith Purulia (BCom, LLB) | occupation = | profession = | signature = | signature_alt = | website = | footnotes = | image_size = 220px }} '''Pinaki Chandra Ghose''' (born 28 May 1952) was the first Lokpal, or ombudsman, of India, serving from 23 March 2019 to 27 May 2022. He is a retired<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://barandbench.com/justice-pc-ghose-supreme-court/|title = "Will be remembered for Jayalalithaa DA judgment", PC Ghose J.bids farewell as SC closes for summer| date=9 May 2017 }}</ref> judge of the Supreme Court of India.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/supreme-court-to-get-two-more-judges/article4443813.ece|title=Supreme Court to get two more judges|publisher=The Hindu News Portal|date=23 February 2013}}</ref>
==Early life and education== Ghose has had a longstanding association with The Ramakrishna Mission. He had his schooling at The Ramakrishna Mission Vidyapeeth at Deogarh and Purulia.
==Career== Prior to his elevation to the Supreme Court, he had served as chief justice of the Andhra Pradesh High Court, and before that, as a judge of the Calcutta High Court. At the time of his appointment he was a member of the National Human Rights Commission. During his tenure as the judge of the High Court at Calcutta, he was the executive chairman of West Bengal State Legal Services Authority and the Andaman and Nicobar Legal Services Authority. He was also appointed a member of the National Legal Services Authority.
Ghose serves as a vice president of the Institute of Culture, Golpark. He is the chairperson of the Board of Governors of Belur Vidyamandir - B.Ed College.
He served as a member of the Executive Committee of the National University of Juridical Sciences at Calcutta as the nominee of the Chief Justice of India.
===1st Lokpal of India=== He was appointed the first Lokpal of India on 19 March 2019<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/former-sc-judge-pinaki-chandra-ghose-tipped-to-be-indias-first-lokpal/article26559961.ece|title=Former SC judge Pinaki Chandra Ghose tipped to be India's first Lokpal|work=thehindu|access-date=17 March 2019}}</ref> and the president of India administered the oath of office to him on 23 March 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/justice-pc-ghose-former-supreme-court-judge-takes-oath-as-indias-first-lokpal-2011627|title = Ex-Top Court Judge Justice PC Ghose Takes Oath as India's First Lokpal}}</ref> On 27 May 2022, he has retired from the post of Lokpal due to his superannuation. Pradip Kumar Mohanty, who was serving as a Member (Judicial) of Lokpal was given additional charge of the Lokpal on 28 May 2022.<ref>{{cite news |title=Justice Mohanty gets additional charge of Lokpal chairperson |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/justice-mohanty-gets-additional-charge-of-lokpal-chairperson-101653677561284.html |access-date=9 June 2022 |work=Hindustan Times |date=28 May 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
==Family==
Ghose is son of Late Shri Justice Sambhu Chandra Ghose, former chief justice of Calcutta High Court. He is a fifth generation lawyer from a renowned family of Lawyers. Hara Chandra Ghose, who became the first Indian chief judge of the Sadar Dewani Adalat at Calcutta in 1867, was a member of this family.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://supremecourtofindia.nic.in/judges/sjud/pcghose.htm|title=Chief Justice of India & Sitting Hon'ble Judges Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose|publisher= Supreme Court of India portal}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sci.gov.in/judge/justice-pinaki-chandra-ghose/|title= Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose Profile|publisher= SCI portal}}</ref>
thumb|Justice Ghose being felicitated at a neurosurgery conference in 2019
==References== {{reflist}} {{Sitting Members of Lokpal Committee}}
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